The outermost house
by Henry Beston
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About This Book
The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, "written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty" (New York Herald Tribune)A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in a seaside cottage, but was so possessed by the mysterious beauty of his surroundings that he found he "could not go."Instead, he sat down to try and capture in words the wonders of the magical landscape he found himself in thrall to: the migratio...
Chapters (275)
- THE OUTERMOST HOUSE
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Chapter I THE BEACH
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- Chapter II AUTUMN, OCEAN, AND BIRDS
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- III
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- Chapter III THE HEADLONG WAVE
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- Chapter IV MIDWINTER
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- Chapter V WINTER VISITORS
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- II
- Chapter VI LANTERNS ON THE BEACH
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- III
- IV
- V
- Chapter VII AN INLAND STROLL IN SPRING
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- II
- III
- Chapter VIII NIGHT ON THE GREAT BEACH
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- Chapter IX THE YEAR AT HIGH TIDE
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- IV
- Chapter X ORION RISES ON THE DUNES
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